ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE WITHIN DECADE TRIGGERED BY RUNAWAY MELTING OF ARCTIC PERMAFROST extremely unlikely: Nature magazine. (Key words may be "within decade".) .... Europe scientific body says neonicotinoid pesticides (bee killers) probably more damaging to ecosystems than previously thought. EC banned 3 of them in '13 for flowering plants .... Calif cities bracing for 10-35% water use cuts .... Bloomberg charity putting $30M more into Sierra Club's "Beyond Coal" campaign .... W Canada glaciers declined 11% '85-'05. Declined 20% on Rockies' east slopes .... Lawsuit brought by 2 Oregon teens suing state for failing to act on climate change before judge today .... Wild bison birth east of Mississippi R .... Black flamingo seen on Cyprus .... Judge halted Navajo coal mine expansion .... Western Energy plans $1B, 750Mw power plant in US' 4 Corners region. 680Mw combined-cycle NG, 70Mw solar .... US N west native nation suing over oil-by-rail shipments .... 800Mw coal unit commissioned in India .... Japan has 43 coal power plants in construction or planned. 21Gw .... Sun Edison (SUNE) to build 3 more solar projects in Utah. 262Mw total. Online in '16. Already developing 720Mw solar in Utah .... Statoil, partners found more oil in US' Gulf of Mex .... Advanced Power (Swiss) got finance for $900M, 700Mw combined-cycle NG power plant in Ohio. To use Utica shale gas. Online late '17. Bechtel building. Close to AEP power lines (coal plants to close) .... REC to supply panels for Tucson's TEP residential solar program. 3.5Mw. Shipments start May. No upfront install, maintenance costs for customers. Flat monthly rate fixed for 25 yrs .... U of N Carolina's EPIC validated SolarWindow (WNDW) less-than 1-yr financial payback of solar film for windows. (I own.) .... 1366 Tech (US) got $5M more from China comp toward solar wafer factory in China. Total funds now $70M. Wafer production at least 10% less cost than industry .... First Fuel - energy mgmt software, services - closed $23M finance round to expand biz. Global bldg energy efficiency market est up to $620B/yr by '23. $307B in '14 .... US Navy allocating Hawaii land for 50Mw solar .... Red Rock to make biofuels from forest, sawmill waste. 1st plant planned for Oregon - 15M gal/yr by '17. $70M Fed grants toward $200M plant. Southwest Air to buy 3M gal for 50-50 blend .... Orion Energy (OESX) FY revs $72-74M. LED lighting. LED lights now 53% of lighting market .... Judge allowing uranium mine to reopen near Grand Canyon .... USDA announced grants for dam repairs, wood-to-power projects.